RAILWAY COMMUNICATION RESTORED.
FULL SERVICES TO-DAY. THE DAMAGE IN WAIHEMC AND TAIERI. Although rain set in again, yesterday and continued for some time, the respite of the previous evening was sufficient tc avert any likelihood of further damage, and to-day the Railway Department anticipate that the full services can be run on all lines. The extra express leaving Dunedin for Christchurch yesterday at 10.20 a.m. lid not proceed beyond Oamaru, and then returned to Dunedin, arriving at 9.10 p.m. The passengers northwards waited for the ordinal y express at Oamaru. The north express, leaving Dunedin xt 11 a.m., left Oamaru 95 minutes late. The expresg for Dunedin from the north arrived about two Lours late. The wash-outs at Hilderthorpe and Waitaki siding were fixed up yesterday morning. The Kurow line is now open. The Ngapara line is also fixed up, and men are .busy on the Livingstone branch. The Dunback branch is repaired. The lime quarry branch in Shag A'alley is extensively damaged. The ganger wires that a couple of thousand yards will be required to fill up ihe gaps. A heavy slip threatened near the Mihiwaka tunnel-, but by the exertions of a gang of workmen it was kepi back. The Outran? branch is still under watei. Yesterday forenoor it had only gone iown m inch. As a result, all traffic on the line was interrupted yesterday, Jind tin trains were cancelled. The stationmastei reported last night that ther was 3ft of water on the line, Inifc he expects the morning train to get through. •; lir-sfc night the -following telegram was received from the statior.ma3ter at Ailanton: — "River falling very slowly; not likely to be any interruption, tin less rain sets in again ; weather looking very unsettled at present." From Henley this wire was received: — " Track all right; the worst is over this side; the river is now falling; do not anticipate any interruptions.' The main south line w quite clear, and there is no interruption on the Otago Central. ] Mr A. Grant, traffic manager, anticipates | that full services will be running on lines I both north and south to-day. All classes of traffic will now be received for either north or south. IN AND AROUND THE CITY. Yesterday morning the debris was removed from the St. David street bridge, which was then opened for traffic All danger is passed in connection with the -"lability of the Leith street bridge, j whicl was reopened for traffic yesterday. A ?onsiderable slip has taken place at the intersection of Russell street and York place, near the residence of Mr J. Braithwaite. A large volume of water cauFed a coniderable quantity of the bank to fall in, taking with it a portion o£ the roadway. Another piece is likely to go. Portion of the footpath "Tias been fenced off tc prevent the possibility of persons being injured. A number of business premiss were flooded out, putting many firms to considerable inconvenience. » All places damaged by the flood were receiving attention yesterday morning, and even when the rain cam. on again in the j afternoon operation? were not stopped. As a r2MiU of the recent heavy rain? a | landslip occurred on the face of Flagstaff Hill, at Port Chalmers, yeaterday morning. ] The slip took quite 100 tons of the surface of the liill away and deposited it at liio rear of a wooden hoiiae facing the export pier, occupied by Mr Snnsom and owned by Mr Calvert, of Dunedin. j
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Otago Witness, Issue 2505, 26 March 1902, Page 45
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577RAILWAY COMMUNICATION RESTORED. Otago Witness, Issue 2505, 26 March 1902, Page 45
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